Holy Crap, it's been 20 Years!! Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003-2004 -- One Long Assed Weekend!!!

***This video shows some of the reality of war, so don't be a scumbag and report it, please***

This is a video I made using my photos from the invasion of Iraq and the first year of the war. I was the Battalion Recovery NCO for the 122nd Combat Engineer Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, attached to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.

The video was made about 15 years ago, and I had to change some of the music due to YouTube copyright rules. Specifically I had to remove Hell's Bells by AC/DC, which is kind of sad as that's where my wrecker got her name. But what can you do....... I would like to thank Tobey Keith, John Michael Montgomery, 3 Doors Down, and Madison Rising for allowing their copyrighted music to be used in YouTube videos. The 3 Doors Down album Away from the Sun is literally the soundtrack that plays in my head every time I think of war, which is pretty much every day.

Back in 2003, we only had disposable film cameras and rudimentary 1st generation digital cameras, without video capabilities, so please excuse the quality of some of the photos.

We did some of the best off road recovery in the worst conditions. Me and my boys left nothing behind for the enemy.

I was no hero, but I did have the privilege to know a bunch of them. They were the greatest worst days of our lives, and I do miss it so.

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